[CB-12921] createmobilespec --android fail to build apk out

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: Master
• Component/s: cordova-mobile-spec
• Assignee: Filip Maj
• Reporter: Haitao Huo
• Created: 14/Jun/17 21:33
• Updated: 23/Aug/18 06:45
• Resolved: 14/Jun/17 23:34

Description

Failed to build mobilespec apk with all master code (w/o --global) on Windows on latest commit 7a8101 .

> cordova-mobile-spec\createmobilespec\createmobilespec.cmd --android
Creating project from local git repos. If you have any errors, it may be from missing repositories.
To clone repositories:
  .\cordova-coho\coho repo-clone -r mobile-spec -r plugin-test-framework -r cli -r lib -r plugman -r android -r js -r plugins
  mkdir cordova-cli\node_modules
  (cd cordova-lib\cordova-lib\ && npm install)
  (cd cordova-plugman\ && npm install)
  mkdir cordova-cli\node_modules
  ln -s ..\..\cordova-lib\cordova-lib cordova-cli\node_modules
  (cd cordova-cli && npm install)
To update all repositories:
  .\cordova-coho\coho repo-update
Checking if you are using master branch of tools
refs/heads/master
fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

Two problems:
1. The error message is not straightforward do not know what next to fix
2. The cordova-lib\cordova-lib\ does not exist at all, that is how the fatal reported.

Workaound:
1. Append --skiplink will resolve
2. Or append --gloabl, but it will use npm registry version instead of local git, which is not what we want.